LB Health Check

You can create an LB Health Check through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console and use it for LB Server Groups.

Creating LB Health Check

Follow these steps to create an LB Health Check:

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be navigated to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check List page.
3. On the LB Health Check List page, click the Create LB Health Check button. You will be navigated to the Create LB Health Check page.
4. On the Create LB Health Check page, enter the information required for service creation and select detailed options.
   • In the Service Information area, enter or select the required information.

     Item	Required	Detailed Description
     LB Health Check Name	Required	LB Health Check resource name Enter 3 to 63 characters using uppercase/lowercase English letters, numbers, and special characters(-_) LB Health Check name cannot be duplicated within an Account
     VPC Name	Required	Select VPC to create LB Health Check Select VPC where the LB Server Group to use the LB Health Check is created
     Service Subnet Name	Required	Select VPC Subnet to create LB Health Check Select Subnet where the LB Server Group to use the LB Health Check is created
     Health Check Method > Protocol	Required	Health check protocol Select from TCP, HTTP to use for member health check
     Health Check Method > Health Check Port	Required	Health check port Enter a value between 1 and 65,534 to use for member health check
     Health Check Method > Interval	Required	Health check interval Default value 5 seconds, can enter between 1 and 180 seconds
     Health Check Method > Timeout	Required	Health check response wait time Default value 5 seconds, can enter between 1 and 180 seconds Cannot set to a value greater than the interval
     Health Check Method > Healthy Threshold	Required	Number of times to determine health check status Default value 3 times, can enter between 1 and 10
     Health Check Method > HTTP Method	Required	Set HTTP request method (when using HTTP protocol) Select from GET, POST
     Health Check Method > URL Path	Required	Enter health check URL path (when using HTTP protocol) Enter within 50 characters using English letters, numbers, and special characters(/.-_?&=)
     Health Check Method > Response Code	Required	Enter HTTP response code to receive from server (when using HTTP protocol) Enter response codes in the 200 ~ 500 range
     Health Check Method > Request String	Required	Enter health check request string (when using HTTP protocol POST method) Enter content to include in Request Body within 255 bytes using English letters, numbers, and special characters(/.-_?&=)

     Table. LB Health Check service information input items
   • In the Additional Information area, enter or select the required information.

     Item	Required	Detailed Description
     Description	Optional	Enter resource description
     Tag	Optional	Add tag Can add up to 50 tags per resource

     Table. LB Server Group additional information input items
5. In the Summary panel, review the created service information and estimated charges, then click the Create button.
   • When creation is complete, verify the created resource on the LB Health Check List page.

Viewing LB Health Check Detailed Information

You can view and modify resource lists and detailed information from the LB Health Check menu. The LB Health Check Detail page consists of Detailed Information, Connected Resources, Tags, and Task History tabs.

Follow these steps to view detailed information of the LB Health Check:

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be navigated to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.

2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check List page.

   • You can modify column display by clicking the Settings button in the upper right of the table.

     Item	Display	Detailed Description
     LB Health Check Name	Default	LB Health Check resource name
     Service Subnet ID	Default	VPC Subnet name where the LB Health Check is created
     LB Server Group Count	Default	Number of LB Server Groups using the LB Health Check
     Type	Default	LB Health Check type
     Protocol	Default	LB Health Check protocol
     Creation Date	Default	LB Health Check creation date
     Status	Default	LB Health Check resource status

     Table. LB Health Check list items

3. On the LB Health Check List page, click the resource for which you want to view detailed information. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check Detail page.

   • At the top of the LB Health Check Detail page, status information and description of additional features are displayed.

     Item	Detailed Description
     Status	LB Health Check resource status Active: Service is normally activated Deleting: Processing service termination request Creating: Processing service creation request Error: Cannot check current status due to internal error If this status persists, contact Support Center Editing: Processing service modification request
     Delete LB Health Check	Delete LB Health Check resource

     Table. LB Health Check status information and additional feature items

Detailed Information

On the Detailed Information tab, you can view detailed information of the resource from the LB Health Check List and modify information if necessary.

Connected Resources

On the Connected Resources tab, you can view detailed information of the LB Server Group connected to the LB Health Check.

Tags

You can view, add, modify, or delete tag information for the resource selected from the LB Health Check List page.

Task History

On the Task History tab, you can view the task history of the selected resource.

Modifying LB Health Check Method

You can modify the health check method on the LB Health Check Detail page.

Follow these steps to modify the LB Health Check method:

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be navigated to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check List page.
3. On the LB Health Check List page, click the resource for which you want to modify detailed information. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check Detail page.
4. On the LB Health Check Detail page, click the Edit icon on Health Check Method. You will be navigated to the Modify Health Check Method popup window.
5. In the Modify Health Check Method popup window, modify the required information, then click the OK button.

Terminating LB Health Check

You can terminate an LB Health Check service that is not in use.

Follow these steps to terminate the LB Health Check:

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be navigated to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check List page.
3. On the LB Health Check List, click the resource you want to terminate. You will be navigated to the LB Health Check Detail page.
4. On the LB Health Check Detail page, click the Delete LB Health Check button.
5. When termination is complete, verify resource termination on the LB Health Check List.